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This topic is about ways to protect your PC from viruses that can screw up your computer. It also provides tips for taking preventative steps for protecting your PC, guidance for helping to protect your PC, finding and removing viruses, and keeping yourself informed about security issues.
Help prevent viruses from getting on your PC
There are many preventive steps you can take to help protect your PC from viruses and other threats.
- Use an antimalware app. Installing an antimalware app and keeping it up to date can help defend your PC against viruses and other malware (malicious software). Antimalware apps scan for viruses, spyware, and other malware trying to get into your email, operating system, or files. New threats can appear daily, so check the antimalware manufacturer's website frequently for updates.
Windows Defender is free antimalware software included with Windows, and you can update it automatically through Windows Update. You can also visit the list of Consumer security software providers to look for antivirus apps that work with Windows.
- Don't open email messages from unfamiliar senders, or email attachments that you don't recognize. Many viruses are attached to email messages and will spread as soon as you open the attachment. It's best not to open any attachment unless it's something you're expecting.
- Use a pop-up blocker with your Internet browser. Pop-up windows are small browser windows that appear on top of the website you're viewing. Although most are created by advertisers, they can also contain malicious or unsafe code. A pop-up blocker can prevent some or all of these windows from appearing. Pop-up Blocker in Windows Internet Explorer is turned on by default. For more info, see Change security and privacy settings in Internet Explorer.
- If you're using Internet Explorer, make sure SmartScreen Filter is turned on. SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer helps protect you from phishing and malware attacks by warning you if a website or download location has been reported as unsafe. For more info, see SmartScreen Filter: FAQ.
- Pay attention to Windows SmartScreen notifications. Be cautious about running unrecognized apps downloaded from the Internet. Unrecognized apps are more likely to be unsafe. When you download and run an app from the Internet, SmartScreen uses info about the app's reputation to warn you if the app isn't well-known and might be malicious.
- Keep Windows updated. Periodically, Microsoft releases special security updates that can help protect your PC. These updates can help prevent viruses and other malware attacks by closing possible security holes.
You can turn on Windows Update to make sure that Windows receives these updates automatically.
- Use a firewall. Windows Firewall or any other firewall app can help notify you about suspicious activity if a virus or worm tries to connect to your PC. It can also block viruses, worms, and attackers from trying to download potentially harmful apps to your PC.
- Use your Internet browser's privacy settings. Some websites might try to use your personal info for targeted advertising, fraud, and identity theft.
If you're using Internet Explorer, you can adjust your privacy settings or restore the default settings whenever you want. For more info, see Change security and privacy settings in Internet Explorer.
- Make sure User Account Control (UAC) is turned on. When changes are going to be made to your PC that require administrator-level permission, UAC notifies you and gives you the chance to approve the change. UAC can help keep viruses from making unwanted changes. To open UAC, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.) Enter uac in the search box, and then tap or click Change User Account Control settings.
- Clear your Internet cache and your browsing history. Most browsers store info about the websites you visit and the info that you provide, like your name and address. While it can be helpful to have these details stored on your PC, there are times when you might want to delete some or all of them—for example, when you're using a public PC and don't want to leave personal info behind. For more info, see Delete your browsing history.
Security checklist for Windows
Take advantage of all the ways you can help keep your PC safer and more secure with Windows.
|Action center. Check Action center to make sure your firewall is on, your antimalware protection is up to date, and your PC is set to install updates automatically.
|Windows Defender. Use Windows Defender to help prevent viruses, spyware, and other malicious or unwanted software from being installed on your PC without your knowledge.
|Windows SmartScreen. Use Windows SmartScreen to help protect your PC by warning you before running unrecognized apps and files downloaded from the Internet.
|User Account Control. Make User Account Control ask for permission before your PC installs software or opens certain kinds of apps that could be potentially harmful or make it vulnerable to security threats.
|File History. Use File History to regularly back up your personal files—like photos, documents, and music—automatically. If your PC has a hardware failure, you can restore any versions of the files that are most important to you.
|Windows Update. Use Windows Update to automatically download and install the latest updates for your PC.
|Windows Firewall. Turn on Windows Firewall to help prevent attackers and malicious software, such as viruses, from accessing your PC through the Internet.
Stay informed about the latest security issues
Security updates for Windows can help protect against new and ongoing threats to your privacy and to your computer.
- To learn about new security updates, find how-to articles and security tips, and get answers to security-related questions, go to the Microsoft Security at Home website.
- To learn how Microsoft monitors and responds to security issues, go to the Microsoft Security Response Center website.
Update your antivirus software
Antivirus software must be updated regularly to stay effective against new viruses. Most antivirus software is designed to update automatically, but you can also update your software manually.
Windows doesn't come with antivirus software, but it can often detect and monitor antivirus software that was installed by you or your computer manufacturer. The status of your antivirus software is typically displayed in Action Center.
- Open Action Center by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, and then, under System and Security, clicking Review your computer's status.
- Click the arrow button next to Security to expand the section.
- If Windows can detect your antivirus software, it will be listed under Virus protection.
- Click Update now.
Turn Windows Firewall on or off
- Open Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall, and then click Windows Firewall.
- In the left pane, click Turn Windows Firewall on or off. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Click Turn on Windows Firewall under each network location that you want to help protect, and then click OK.
- If you want the firewall to prevent all programs from communicating, including programs that you have previously allowed to communicate through the firewall, select the Block all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed programs check box.
If you need to turn off Windows Firewall
- You should not turn off Windows Firewall unless you have another firewall enabled. Turning off Windows Firewall might make your computer (and your network, if you have one) more vulnerable to damage from worms or hackers.
- Open Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall, and then click Windows Firewall.
- Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Click Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) under each network location that you want to stop trying to protect, and then click OK.
Turn User Account Control on or off
User Account Control (UAC) can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. UAC notifies you when changes are going to be made to your computer that require administrator-level permission. These types of changes can affect the security of your computer or can affect settings for other people that use the computer. We recommend that you leave UAC on to help make your computer secure.
- Open User Account Control Settings by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type uac, and then click Change User Account Control settings.
- Do one of the following:
- To turn off UAC, move the slider to the Never notify position, and then click OK. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. You will need to restart your computer for UAC to be turned off.
- To turn on UAC, move the slider to choose when you want to be notified, and then click OK. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- To turn off UAC, move the slider to the Never notify position, and then click OK.
How do I find and remove a virus?
If you can answer "yes" to any of the following questions, your computer might have a virus.
- Is your computer running very slowly? A common symptom of a virus is much slower than normal computer performance. However, there can be other reasons for slow performance, including a hard disk that needs defragmenting, a computer that needs more memory (RAM), or the existence of spyware or adware. For more information about spyware, see How to tell if your computer is infected with spyware.
- Are you getting unexpected messages, or are programs starting automatically? Some viruses can cause damage to Windows or some of your programs. The results of this damage might include messages appearing unexpectedly, programs starting or closing automatically, or Windows shutting down suddenly.
- Is your modem or hard disk working overtime? An e mail virus works by sending many copies of itself by email. One indicator of this is that the activity light on your broadband or external modem is constantly lit; another is the sound of your computer's hard disk continually working. These are not always symptoms of a computer virus, but when combined with other problems, can indicate a virus infection.
- To check for viruses, scan your computer with an antivirus program. New viruses appear every day, so keeping your antivirus program updated is important. For more information about computer security, go to the Security at Home page on the Microsoft website. To learn how to remove malicious software (malware) from your computer, go to the Microsoft Safety Scanner webpage.
A fast way to check whether your PC has a virus is to use Windows Defender. This malware protection is included with Windows and helps identify and remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
If you're using Windows 8.1, you can run a scanner or antimalware app provided by another company if you prefer. To keep your PC running smoothly, you should only install and run one antimalware app at a time.
If you're using Windows RT 8.1, Windows Defender is always on and can't be turned off.
Scan your PC with Windows Defender
- Open Windows Defender by swiping in from the right edge of the screen, and then tapping Search (or if you're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen, moving the mouse pointer down, and then clicking Search), entering defender in the search box, and then tapping or clicking Windows Defender.
- Under Scan options, pick the type of scan you want to run:
- A Quick scan checks only the areas on your PC that malicious software is most likely to infect, and any apps currently running.
- A Full scan checks all the files on your PC. Depending on your PC, this scan might take an hour or more.
- A Custom scan checks only the files and locations that you choose.
- Tap or click Scan now.
Remove a virus manually
Windows Defender will typically remove viruses automatically. However, in some cases you might need to remove a virus manually. This can be a technical process that you should try only if you've exhausted all other options, you're familiar with the Windows registry, and you know how to view and delete system and program files in Windows.
- First, run your antimalware app to identify the virus by name. If you don't have an antimalware app or if your app doesn't detect the virus, you might still be able to identify it by looking for clues about how it behaves.
- Write down the words in any messages it displays, or, if you received the virus in email, write down the subject line or name of the file attached to the message.
- Then search an antivirus provider's website or the Microsoft Malware Protection Center for references to what you wrote down or to try and find the name of the virus and instructions for how to remove it.
After the virus is removed, you might need to reinstall some software or restore lost info. Making regular backups of your files can help you avoid data loss if your PC gets infected again. If you haven't made backups in the past, it's a good idea to start now. For more info, see Restore files or folders using File History.
How do I uninstall antivirus or antispyware programs?
If you use more than one antivirus or antispyware program at the same time, your PC may experience decreased performance, become unstable, or restart unexpectedly. Before you install Microsoft Security Essentials, or if you want to resolve issues with Microsoft Security Essentials, including installation issues, you must first completely remove any Internet security programs from your PC.
You should not turn off Windows Firewall unless you have another firewall enabled. When you remove your currently installed Internet security programs, your PC is in an unprotected state.
You'll need to restart your PC while following these instructions. Write them down, print them, or bookmark this page (mark it as a Favorite) to make it easier to find this topic again.
- In Windows 7, click Start. In the Search programs and files box, type appwiz.cpl, and then press Enter.
- In the list of installed programs, uninstall any other Internet security programs.
- Restart your PC.
- Some Internet security apps don't uninstall completely. You may need to download and run a cleanup utility for your previous security app for it to be completely removed.
- If you use another antispyware program together with Microsoft Security Essentials, we recommend that you turn off real-time scanning in the other program. For more information, see the documentation supplied by that antispyware program.
- If your antivirus program is disabled, or if you don't have one installed, you should follow these guidelines:
- Don't download or open files from sources that you don't trust.
- Don't visit websites that you don't trust.
- Don't open email attachments from contacts that you don't trust.


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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Recipe: Savory Zucchini Slice
With the only organic produce currently available in the supermarket being zucchini, and a pile of coconut flour sitting sadly in my pantry, I decided to have a go at making a grain-free version of Mum's old zucchini slice last weekend. I always loved the flexibility of the neutral-yet-distinctive flavour, that could be dressed up with honey or maple syrup for dessert, or with some garlic butter as a savory dinner accompaniment. Great minds continue to think alike, with a similar but sweet version of zucchini cake being posted at Joyful Abode a couple of days later! If only I had JA's mad photography skills and equipment!
Savory Zucchini Slice
2 or 3 small zucchini, grated finely
8 or so eggs
1 cup coconut flour or almond flour
1T baking powder (although the slice works well without it)
1t cinnamon
1t nutmeg
(You can add other herbs & spices, depending on whether you want a definitely savory slice (try cumin), or one that you can serve with cream for dessert. Works both ways! A bit of vanilla helps if you're going for a sweet pudding slice)
1/2 cup coconut oil or melted butter
1t salt
1 cup chopped nuts (I like walnuts and almonds)
1. Preheat oven to moderate - around 175 deg C.
2. Line and grease a shallow slice pan or a deeper loaf pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine zucchini, eggs, spices, and oil.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Add flour mixture to zucchini mixture, and stir until combined.
5. Fold nuts into batter carefully, then pour everything into prepared pans.
6. Bake slice for at least an hour, watching carefully for burning. The mixture's density means that it will cook quite slowly, but if you see burning happening before the slice bounces back when prodded with a finger, turn the heat down to 100 deg C and allow the centre to cook slowly.
Serve warm with butter or cream, or cold with whipped garlic butter. Depending on level of spices, this one can work as a great snack, entree, or even as a bread pudding dessert!
6 comments:
- Me said...
Any suggestions for adding some meat to this? Maybe ground turkey or ground beef?
- June 6, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Chopped up bacon would work easily, and I think ground meat would work really well. You'd probably need to balance the fat level of the meat by reducing the oil in the slice recipe.
Needless to say, once that meat is in there, the savory/dessert flexibility will be compromised somewhat! ;) But it sounds like a great idea - getting close to my primal meatloaf, which I don't make much since I prefer burgers, saving the need for any carbs at all.
- June 7, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- Shantel said...
WOW that looks really good!! I'm going to try this one soon.
- June 14, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- JP said...
it looks awesome. I think I will try it pretty soon. Sounds like a thin slice would be great with some eggs in the morning!
- June 16, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Just wait til I post my 'chocolate' version that I made as muffins last night... :)
- June 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Me said...
I tried this tonight and everyone here agrees that we had to put it away because we couldn't stop eating it. It was very delicious.
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An early morning blaze in downtown Cortez on Sunday gutted three businesses and halted eastbound and westbound traffic on Main Street for hours.
Emergency fire crews were dispatched to Stewart's Floor Covering at 20 East Main St. at 3:38 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9. Within four minutes, firefighters were on scene as flames jumped some 20 feet in the air. Assistant Fire Chief Charles Balke was with one of the first crews to respond.
"We saw heavy smoke pushing through the roof and through the front of the building," he explained. "Secondary crews came around the back and saw active fire."
Some 50 firefighters responded to the scene, including crews from Dolores, Lewis, Mancos and Pleasant View. No injuries were reported, but Stewart's Flooring, Cortez Works, and Family Shoes and More were destroyed, said Balke.
"We were able to contain the fire to those three businesses," said Cortez Fire Chief Jeff Vandevoorde on Monday. "There was some minor smoke damage to adjoining businesses, but they should be back open today."
While fighting the fire, power was shut off to the entire zero to 100 block of Main Street as a precaution, impacting a half-dozen businesses. Officials allowed surrounding business owners in their place of business to remove computers and other pertinent items, Vandevoorde said. Power was fully returned by about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
"Power was restored before we left the scene," Vandevoorde said.
The cause of the fire remains under scrutiny by the department's arson investigator and Cortez Police Department detectives.
"It doesn't look suspicious, but the cause remains undetermined at this time," Vandevoorde said.
Balke said fire crews took a defensive approach, in part, because nobody was inside the building. After initial sweeps firemen went outside.
"It just wasn't safe enough to keep crews in there," he said.
Carolyn Hessom, one of the owners of Once Upon a Sandwich, saw the fire on her way to work Sunday morning about 7:30 a.m.
She said she was astonished to see a firefighter engulfed in smoke on the ladder.
She found it heartbreaking to see such a loss to happen to a local business like hers. Her businesses faced a similar crisis on a smaller scale when Once Upon a Sandwich flooded several years ago.
"It's devastating to your employees," she said.
Vandevoorde said that he was thankful no other businesses were lost, and he was especially appreciative of local businesses stepping up to assist.
"El Grande donated hot tea and chocolate, and let our crews use their restroom facilities," Vandevoorde said. "Plus, McDonald's donated 60 breakfasts. That means a lot to our guys when they're out there for seven to eight hours."
Pumping up to 1,000 gallons per minute, Vandevoorde said he had yet to calculate how much water was used to battle the blaze.
"It was a lot of water."
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The pancreas also makes digestive enzymes that help your small intestine digest and absorb nutrients from the food passing through it. These enzymes travel through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum. The pancreatic duct and the common bile duct, actually form into one just before entering into the duodenum. Normal flow through these tubes is important for digestion and proper function of the small intestine.


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This is my attempt to make it possible to respond at length to Morbius's tootstorm on Mastodon, which appears to have started here.
I'm going to keep the toots separate in order to allow for individual threads off each one, for clearer context.
I've also interpreted a bit and left out some interstitial pieces.
"The whole history of Microsoft from its origin is about the primacy of software over hardware. Hardware is a commodity — software is where the value lies."
This ... explains so much.
It's also an interesting example of how framing blinds one to further understanding: do we argue the merits of HW vs. SW in this dichotomy, or look for value elsewhere?
What of computers as nodes on a network: traffic, search, attention, users (you remember users, right?), ads, etc.
The article describes MS and OSes, Vista particularly, but touches on what the different components of a system do: the OS, the applications, the hardware. The network. Netscape and Java as threats to the shrinkwrap moat Microsoft had built.
Too: if SW is your value proposition, what could /possibly/ be more threatening than the concept of Free Software.
There are two ways to control a river: one is to dam it. The other is to steal it. Diverting flows can be far more powerful.
The fundamental problem, for the organisation (or individual) looking at modifying the shape of this space is: how do I sustain my own efforts?
Microsoft threw a moat around a commodity by way of per-CPU licensing -- the phenomenal break which launched an empire.
Microsoft were threatened when its monetisation gateway -- shrinkrwaps, preloads, per-CPU licenses -- was challenged by DR-DOS, Novell, Sun, Netscape, Linux, BeOS. And ultimately Google, Search, Ads. And Gmail.
The war of the Five Titans now is one over where to dig moats and lay down drawbridges, and ticket-booths. Google. Apple. Amazon. Facebook. Microsoft.
MS is still, mostly, based on preloads and sales, though it's shifting to subscriptions + ads.
Google is straight-up advertising.
Apple refutes that hardware is a commodity.
Amazon sells ... everything else.
Facebook is Google, but weaker: Advertising without intentionality. (But it's bigly useful for tyrants and puppets.)
If I can call a winner out of the set, I'm leaning to Amazon.
(I don't /want/ to lean to Amazon, but it seems to make sense.)
The problem with Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, is that what they're selling is ultimately what the /user/ does not want: ads.
Amazon, though, has what we really want: /stuff/. Food, clothing, furniture, books, movies, hardware, software. Some of which you absolutely need to live, and yes, much of which you don't (which means an incentive for over-selling).
But stuff is what everything else (and most especially ads) are trying to deliver.
What Apple's got to offer is probably next-best: ideally, a solid set of hardware -- desktop, laptop, and a massive shit-ton of mobile devices. Things you can hold, or at least put your hands on.
Things which don't have to be a channel for slamming more crud down the users' maws (though Apple does seem to be moving rather distressingly in this direction). Which means a much better experience, overall.
Google and Facebook are the Devil and L'il Evil. Both of them are increasingly creepy, spooky, surveilling, and intruding, unavoidably, where users (and non-users) don't want them to be.
The reward systems of each company are fundamentally aligned against user interests. Something a couple of Stanford researches pointed out a while back.
Question I've got is: what other options are there?
Silicon Valley and Ycombinator have been cranking out iterations over the past decade or so with no real relief in sight. Variations on the "we are going to invade your life with ads" are common, anything else, not so much, in the general systems, hardware, or services category.
Business services are the chief exception.
Question I've got, and no, I don't really have an answer to it: where else might the value lie?
Why can't we solve the problem of "provide general information-system access to the masses" without turning into assholes, creeps, thugs, and/or spies? Or insulting the customers?
Are we holding it wrong?
The answer is to put it down and get a different model.
...by which I mean, of course, a different business model: one oriented towards the public good rather than towards shareholder profits. (Stop me if this is sounding familiar.)
(originally posted here)
Models built around shareholder profits seem to dominate though. Why is that?
The answer seems like a no-brainer to me, but I'm having trouble wordifying it...
Okay, short version: because for-profit investors are the entities with the lion's share of resources in our society, as it now stands.
(originally posted here)
"Shareholders have resources" punts on the question why do shareholders have value?
I've been digging into dynamics of joint-stock ownership, limited liability, various mint and money acts, financial conferences, etc., over the past couple of years, with a few interesting hits in the past few days. I apply the principle of William R. Cattton, Jr.: focusing on the /personalities/ involved -- or even some given identifiable social group, strikes me as grossly miscast.
The problem transcends this. It's based on some set of dynamics.
What is it about the overall structure, the feedbacks, the dynamics? How can this possibly be addressed?
For example: what are the types of goods, services, or other phenomena which are priced within an economic system, and what is the behaviour of those prices?
Crack open Smith and you'll find commodities, labour, skilled labour, rent, stock, capital, and money discussed. It's a good start.
And in the case of rents, the salient behaviour is that a rentier is one who is able to extract the surplus value out of a system.
I've been flipping this around for a while, and trying to sort out why, and what it is that rent-producing entities are. What I'm leaning toward is that they are network control nodes. That is, if you own a rent-producing entity, you control a gateway through a network.
And if the orientation itself is a problem, how do you change things such that that orientation is less successful.
How do you steal the river?
Co-ops seem to generally be a good model, though I'd like to improve on it with machine-net-facilitated interaction (hence InstaGov).
Capitalism depends on convincing us that most people are selfish, but this is a reality-inversion.
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I've just installed this forum extension and have never used it before, but it looked very promising. It doesn't have avatars yet, but that's apparently in the works (and if they take too long implementing them, I'll do it myself) -- and:
- it does seem to use MediaWiki's text-handling code (hence comments will go through the spam filter, which was not the case for the last forum extension I tried
- It supports different views of threads, e.g. you could insert a discussion (or a link to it) on a relevant page, and the contents would be updated as the dialogue continued
- Comments are threaded, and the threading is actually legible (take that, WordPress...)
- Comments can be previewed (because they use MediaWiki's editor) (tt,WP encore)
- Comments are individually linkable and displayable (as in Reddit/LessWrong)
- Threads can be categorized
- Seems generally flexible
So, let's see what this looks like.
Addendum: Although my other wikis allow anonymous posting, I think for this one I'd like to restrict it to logged-in users. Unfortunately the way the forum software handles this restriction is a little unfriendly (e.g. it doesn't link you to the "create an account" page). If anyone has any thoughts on this, please let me know.
Ahh! Here we go -- to reply to a reply, you click on the "More v" link, which then gives you a number of options.
Hmm, no way to add a reply to a reply that I can see... nesting only goes one level deep. That's bad. See above subcomment...
Also, I just noticed that previewing replies doesn't seem to work.
Except that this one did. I tried it twice in a row and it didn't; I go to make a comment about how it doesn't work, and it does. Go figure.
(Edit: and it worked again, when I edited this comment. Temporary glitch? A javascript file didn't load right for the earlier attempts?)
This is just a test comment to see if "watch"ing a Talkpage includes "watch"ing comments in LiquidThread. (If that works, then I should see if it works for starting a new thread, too.)
My gut feeling is that one thing we really need in order to start building something is a means of exchanging value, and of converting between that and the more conventional units of exchange required to pay our bills (and in which we sometimes get paid by others).
It looks like the economic crash has inspired a lot of work along these lines -- here are a couple that I ran across just today:
- About Money: see especially the section about Demurrage
- The Ripple Project: peer-to-peer credit management
Here are some things which I think would be necessary for a system that is usable, durable, and corruption-resistant:
- De-centralized, peer-to-peer -- there can be nodes with multiple users, but there should be no central node upon which the entire system depends
- Not tied to any existing currency -- the value of units in the system should be effectively tied to the economic value of the system. If more mainstream currencies crash (and they all seem to be heavily corrupted and prone to such crashes), the value of units stored in this system should be maintained.
- De-centralized exchange rates with other currencies -- the exchange rate should be set by bidding, i.e. people could offer to buy or sell a certain number of units at a preset maximum or minimum price; rather than posting a single exchange rate, or the rate being offered by a few large exchangers, recent sales statistics would be posted (mean price, standard deviation, mean time between sales at a given price, etc.) so buyers and sellers would have a good sense of how to set their bid prices.
- Backed by something concrete and measurable, at least initially; perhaps there should be two tiers: backed currency and fiat currency. There is much discussion to be had on this topic.
- Individually issued -- individuals should be able to issue units of exchange backed by goods or services they have to offer.
The Ripple Project is a good start, but there needs to be a way for multiple Ripple servers (and servers running Ripple-like software, such as ShireHours and MultiSwap) to interoperate so the system isn't centralized (maybe that's part of the design, but they don't mention it... unless that's what this is).
It looks like what we need is a multi-layer design -- sort of the way networking works:
+------------------+ | other currencies | +------------------+ ^ | V +----------+ | person A | +----------+ ^ | V +-----------+ | p2p money | +-----------+ ^ | /-------+-------\ | | V V +--------------+ +--------------------+ | transactions | | credit negotiation | +--------------+ +--------------------+ ^ ^ | | \--------+---------/ | V +-----------+ | p2p money | +-----------+ ^ | V +----------+ | person B | +----------+ ^ | V +------------------+ | other currencies | +------------------+
We need a list of problems any given system should solve (bugs it should fix). Here are a few:
- Hoarding of units of exchange (hoarding material wealth essentially isn't a problem -- it has inherent value and requires economic activity in order to not lose value)
- Monetary musical chairs, where debt is paid back with interest -- so either some people lose out or else you have to continually create more money with which to pay the interest
- The need to tax non-liquid assets in order to pay for infrastructure
- Unemployment, where people have debts but "can't find work": there should always be some value for one's work, even if all you can do is menial labor (and if you are not capable of doing work that is sufficiently valued for you to survive on at a basic level, then there should be a social safety net to take care of the difference -- which is a form of infrastructure)
This is slightly off-topic, but does kind of relate to the way that the idea of money as being the only true value distorts our system:
It seems to me rather unconscionable, even if one completely accepts the need for taxation of personal property, that one cannot satisfy such tax debt by surrendering ownership of an appropriate fraction of the property. ...or am I showing my ignorance, and this is effectively what a "lien" is? Is a lien more like a secured loan (of a fraction of the property), or more like a sale (selling part of the property to the tax office to settle the debt)? Is a lien considered adequate settlement, or is it more like a hook to get you to really settle the debt (by paying cash, possibly with penalties for late payment)? The question can only be resolved by knowning the details of how liens work, which I don't.


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A Chief Inspector Gamache NovelChief Inspector Gamache Novel (Volume 8)
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THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY (Chapter 1)
As the last note of the chant escaped the Blessed Chapel a great silence fell, and with it came an even greater disquiet.
The silence stretched on. And on.
These were men used to silence, but this seemed extreme, even to them.
And still they stood in their long black robes and white tops, motionless.
These were men also used to waiting. But this too seemed extreme.
The less disciplined among them stole glances at the tall, slim, elderly man who had been the last to file in and would be the first to leave.
Dom Philippe kept his eyes closed. Where once this was a moment of profound peace, a private moment with his private God, when Vigils had ended and before he signaled for the Angelus, now it was simply escape.
He closed his eyes because he didn't want to see.
Besides, he knew what was there. What was always there. What had been there for hundreds of years before he arrived and would, God willing, be there for centuries after he was buried in the cemetery. Two rows of men across from him, in black robes with white hoods, a simple rope tied at their waists.
And beside him to his right, two more rows of men.
They were facing each other across the stone floor of the chapel, like ancient battle lines.
No, he told his weary mind. No. I mustn't think of this as a battle, or a war. Just opposing points of view. Expressed in a healthy community.
Then why was he so reluctant to open his eyes? To get the day going?
To signal the great bells that would ring the Angelus to the forests and birds and lakes and fish. And the monks. To the angels and all the saints. And God.
A throat cleared.
In the great silence it sounded like a bomb. And to the abbot's ears it sounded like what it was.
A challenge.
With an effort he continued to keep his eyes closed. He remained still, and quiet. But there was no peace anymore. Now there was only turmoil, inside and out. He could feel it, vibrating from and between the two rows of waiting men.
He could feel it vibrating within him.
Dom Philippe counted to one hundred. Slowly. Then opening his blue eyes, he stared directly across the chapel, to the short, round man who stood with his eyes open, his hands folded on his stomach, a small smile on his endlessly patient face.
The abbot's eyes narrowed slightly, in a glare, then he recovered and raising his slim right hand, he signaled. And the bells began.
The perfect, round, rich toll left the bell tower and took off into the early morning darkness. It skimmed over the clear lake, the forests, the rolling hills. To be heard by all sorts of creatures.
And twenty-four men, in a remote monastery in Québec.
A clarion call. Their day had begun.
* * *
"You're not serious," laughed Jean-Guy Beauvoir.
"I am," nodded Annie. "I swear to God it's the truth."
"Are you telling me," he picked up another piece of maple-cured bacon from the platter, "that your father gave your mother a bathmat as a gift when they first started dating?"
"No, no. That would be ridiculous."
"Sure would," he agreed and ate the bacon in two big bites. In the background an old Beau Dommage album was playing. "La complainte du phoque en Alaska." About a lonely seal whose love had disappeared. Beauvoir hummed quietly to the familiar tune.
"He gave it to my grandmother the first time they met, as a hostess gift, thanking her for inviting him to dinner."
Beauvoir laughed. "He never told me that," he finally managed.
"Well, Dad doesn't exactly mention it in polite conversation. Poor Mom. Felt she had to marry him. After all, who else would have him?"
Beauvoir laughed again. "So I guess the bar is set pretty low. I could hardly give you a worse gift."
He reached down beside the table in the sunny kitchen. They'd made breakfast together that Saturday morning. A platter of bacon and scrambled eggs with melted Brie sat on the small pine table. He'd thrown on a sweater this early autumn day and gone around the corner from Annie's apartment to the bakery on rue St-Denis for croissants and pain au chocolat. Then Jean-Guy had wandered in and out of the local shops, picking up a couple of cafés, the Montréal weekend papers, and something else.
"What've you got there?" Annie Gamache asked, leaning across the table. The cat leapt to the ground and found a spot on the floor where the sun hit.
"Nothing," he grinned. "Just a little je ne sais quoi I saw, and thought of you."
Beauvoir lifted it into plain sight.
"You asshole," Annie said, and laughed. "It's a toilet plunger."
"With a bow on it," said Beauvoir. "Just for you, ma chère. We've been together for three months. Happy anniversary."
"Of course, the toilet plunger anniversary. And I got you nothing."
"I forgive you," he said.
Annie took the plunger. "I'll think of you every time I use it. Though I think you'll be the one using it most of the time. You are full of it, after all."
"Too kind," said Beauvoir, ducking his head in a small bow.
She thrust the plunger forward, gently prodding him with the red rubber suction cup as though it was a rapier and she the swordsman.
Beauvoir smiled and took a sip of his rich, aromatic café. So like Annie. Where other women might have pretended the ridiculous plunger was a wand, she pretended it was a sword.
Of course, Jean-Guy realized, he would never have given a toilet plunger to any other woman. Only Annie.
"You lied to me," she said, sitting back down. "Dad obviously told you about the bathmat."
"He did," admitted Beauvoir. "We were in Gaspé, in a poacher's cabin, searching for evidence when your father opened a closet and found not one but two brand-new bathmats, still in their wrapping."
As he spoke he looked at Annie. Her eyes never left him, barely blinked. She took in every word, every gesture, every inflection. Enid, his ex-wife, had also listened. But there was always an edge of desperation about it, a demand. As though he owed her. As though she was dying and he was the medicine.
Enid left him drained, and yet still feeling inadequate.
But Annie was gentler. More generous.
Like her father, she listened carefully and quietly.
With Enid he never talked about his work, and she never asked. With Annie he told her everything.
Now, while putting strawberry confiture on the warm croissant, he told her about the poacher's cabin, about the case, the savage murder of a family. He told her what they found, how they felt, and who they arrested.
"The bathmats turned out to be the key pieces of evidence," said Beauvoir, lifting the croissant to his mouth. "Though it took us a long time to figure it out."
"Is that when Dad told you about his own sad history with bathmats?"
Beauvoir nodded and chewed and saw the Chief Inspector in the dim cabin. Whispering the story. They weren't sure when the poacher would return, and they didn't want to be caught there. They had a search warrant, but they didn't want him to know that. So as the two homicide investigators deftly searched, Chief Inspector Gamache had told Beauvoir about the bathmat. Of showing up for one of the most important meals of his life, desperate to impress the parents of the woman he'd fallen hopelessly in love with. And somehow deciding a bathmat was the perfect hostess gift.
"How could you have thought that, sir?" Beauvoir had whispered, glancing out the cracked and cobwebbed window, hoping not to see the shabby poacher returning with his kill.
"Well, now," Gamache had paused, obviously trying to recall his own thinking. "Madame Gamache often asks the same question. Her mother never tired of asking either. Her father, on the other hand, decided I was an imbecile and never mentioned it again. That was worse. When they died we found the bathmat in their linen closet, still in its plastic wrapping, with the card attached."
Beauvoir stopped talking and looked across at Annie. Her hair was still damp from the shower they'd shared. She smelled fresh and clean. Like a citron grove in the warm sunshine. No makeup. She wore warm slippers and loose, comfortable clothing. Annie was aware of fashion, and happy to be fashionable. But happier to be comfortable.
She was not slim. She was not a stunning beauty. Annie Gamache was none of the things he'd always found attractive in a woman. But Annie knew something most people never learn. She knew how great it was to be alive.
It had taken him almost forty years, but Jean-Guy Beauvoir finally understood it too. And knew now there was no greater beauty.
Annie was approaching thirty now. She'd been a gawky teenager when they'd first met. When the Chief Inspector had brought Beauvoir into his homicide division at the Sûreté du Québec. Of the hundreds of agents and inspectors under the Chief's command, he'd chosen this young, brash agent no one else had wanted as his second in command.
Had made him part of the team, and eventually, over the years, part of the family.
Though even the Chief Inspector had no idea how much a part of the family Beauvoir had become.
"Well," said Annie with a wry smile, "now we have our own bathroom story to baffle our children with. When we die they'll find this, and wonder."
She held up the plunger, with its cheery red bow.
Beauvoir didn't dare say anything. Did Annie have any idea what she'd just said? The ease with which she assumed they'd have children. Grandchildren. Would die together. In a home that smelled of fresh citron and coffee. And had a cat curled around the sunshine.
They'd been together for three months and had never talked about the future. But hearing it now, it just seemed natural. As though this was always the plan. To have children. To grow old together.
Beauvoir did the math. He was ten years older than her, and would almost certainly die first. He was relieved.
But there was something troubling him.
"We need to tell your parents," he said.
Annie grew quiet, and picked at her croissant. "I know. And it's not like I don't want to. But," she hesitated and looked around the kitchen, and out into her book-lined living room, "this is nice too. Just us."
"Are you worried?"
"About how they'll take it?"
Annie paused and Jean-Guy's heart suddenly pounded. He'd expected her to deny it. To assure him she wasn't the least bit worried whether her parents would approve.
But instead, she'd hesitated.
"Maybe a little," Annie admitted. "I'm sure they'll be thrilled, but it changes things. You know?"
He did know, but hadn't dared admit it to himself. Suppose the Chief didn't approve? He could never stop them, but it would be a disaster.
No, Jean-Guy told himself for the hundredth time, it'll be all right. The Chief and Madame Gamache will be happy. Very happy.
But he wanted to be sure. To know. It was in his nature. He collected facts for a living, and this uncertainty was taking its toll. It was the only shadow in a life suddenly, unexpectedly luminous.
He couldn't keep lying to the Chief. He'd persuaded himself this wasn't a lie, just keeping his private life private. But in his heart it felt like a betrayal.
"Do you really think they'll be happy?" he asked Annie, and hated the neediness that had crept into his voice. But Annie either didn't notice or didn't care.
She leaned toward him, her elbows and forearms resting on the croissant flakes on the pine table, and took his hand. She held it warm in hers.
"To know we're together? My father would be so happy. It's my mother who hates you.…"
Seeing the look on his face she laughed and squeezed his hand. "I'm kidding. She adores you. Always has. They think of you as family, you know. As another son."
He felt his cheeks burn, to hear those words, and felt ashamed, but noticed that once again Annie didn't care, or comment. She just held his hand and looked into his eyes.
"Sort of incestuous, then," he finally managed.
"Yes," she agreed, letting go of his hand to take a sip of café au lait. "My parents' dream come true." She laughed, sipped, then set the cup down again. "You do know he'll be thrilled."
"Surprised too?"
Annie paused, thinking. "I think he'll be stunned. Funny, isn't it? Dad spends his life looking for clues, piecing things together. Gathering evidence. But when something's right under his nose, he misses it. Too close, I guess."
"Matthew 10:36," murmured Beauvoir.
"It's something your father tells us, in homicide. One of the first lessons he teaches new recruits."
"A biblical quote?" asked Annie. "But Mom and Dad never go to church."
"He apparently learned it from his mentor when he first joined the Sûreté."
The phone rang. Not the robust peal of the landline, but the cheerful, invasive trill of a cell. It was Beauvoir's. He ran to the bedroom and grabbed it off the nightstand.
No number was displayed, just a word.
He almost hit the small green phone icon, then hesitated. Instead he strode out of the bedroom and into Annie's light-filled, book-filled living room. He couldn't speak to the Chief standing in front of the bed where he'd just that morning made love to the Chief's daughter.
"Oui, allô," he said, trying to sound casual.
"Sorry to bother you," came the familiar voice. It managed to be both relaxed and authoritative.
"Not at all, sir. What's up?" Beauvoir glanced at the clock on the mantle. It was 10:23 on a Saturday morning.
"There's been a murder."
It wasn't, then, a casual call. An invitation to dinner. A query about staffing or a case going to trial. This was a call to arms. A call to action. A call that marked something dreadful had happened. And yet, for more than a decade now every time he heard those words, Beauvoir's heart leapt. And raced. And even danced a little. Not with joy at the knowledge of a terrible and premature death. But knowing he and the Chief and others would be on the trail again.
Jean-Guy Beauvoir loved his job. But now, for the first time, he looked into the kitchen, and saw Annie standing in the doorway. Watching him.
And he realized, with surprise, that he now loved something more.
Grabbing his notebook he sat on Annie's sofa and took down the details. When he finished he looked at what he'd written.
"Holy shit," he whispered.
"At the very least," agreed Chief Inspector Gamache. "Can you make arrangements, please? And just the two of us for now. We'll pick up a local Sûreté agent when we arrive."
"Inspector Lacoste? Should she come? Just to organize the Scene of Crime team and leave?"
Chief Inspector Gamache didn't hesitate. "No." He gave a small laugh. "We're the Scene of Crime team, I'm afraid. Hope you remember how to do it."
"I'll bring the Hoover."
"Bon. I've already packed my magnifying glass." There was a pause and a more somber voice came down the line. "We need to get there quickly, Jean-Guy."
"D'accord. I'll make a few calls and pick you up in fifteen minutes."
"Fifteen? All the way from downtown?"
Beauvoir felt the world stop for a moment. His small apartment was in downtown Montréal, but Annie's was in the Plateau Mont Royal quartier, a few blocks from her parents' home in Outremont. "It's a Saturday. Not much traffic."
Gamache laughed. "Since when did you become an optimist? I'll be waiting, whenever you arrive."
"I'll hurry."
And he did, placing calls, issuing orders, organizing. Then he threw a few clothes into an overnight bag.
"That's a lot of underwear," said Annie, sitting on the bed. "Are you planning to be gone long?" Her voice was light, but her manner wasn't.
"Well, you know me," he said, turning from her to slip his gun into its holder. She knew he had it, but didn't like to actually see it. Even for a woman who cherished reality, this was far too real. "Without benefit of plunger I might need more tighty whities."
She laughed, and he was glad.
At the door he stopped and lowered his case to the ground.
"Je t'aime," he whispered into her ear, as he held her.
"Je t'aime," she whispered into his ear. "Look after yourself," she said, as they parted. And then, as he was halfway down the steps she called, "And please, look after my father."
"I will. I promise."
Once he was gone and she could no longer see the back of his car, Annie Gamache closed the door and held her hand to her chest.
She wondered if this was how her mother had felt, for all those years.
How her mother felt at that very moment. Was she too leaning against the door, having watched her heart leave? Having let it go.
Then Annie walked over to the bookcases lining her living room. After a few minutes she found what she was looking for. The bible her parents had given her, when she'd been baptized. For people who didn't attend church, they still followed the rituals.
And she knew when she had children she'd want them baptized too. She and Jean-Guy would present them with their own white bibles, with their names and baptism dates inscribed.
She looked at the thick first page. Sure enough, there was her name. Anne Daphné Gamache. And a date. In her mother's hand. But instead of a cross underneath her name her parents had drawn two little hearts.
Then Annie sat on the sofa and sipping the now cool café she flipped through the unfamiliar book until she found it.
Matthew 10:36.
"And a man's foes," she read out loud, "shall be they of his own household."
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Scholarship recipients perform at a special concert on campus each fall. This year, more than 45 students participated in the scholarship recognition performance, held Sept. 19. [photos][video]
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Some time ago I promised myself to never to write again about the antics of a particular bunch of clowns who claim to be interested in researching what really happened in London on July 7th 2005
Actually, that's not strictly accurate, as at least one of these clowns claims to know exactly what happened on 7/7 and has put his name to a film which asserts as much
The reason why I promised to try and lay off the folk in question was partly because I believed I'd written more than enough on the subject and partly because I wished to avoid wasteful, distractive conflict
Unfortunately, the regions of the Internet I inhabit are increasingly thick with one-sided and misleading accounts of the heroic deeds of these characters and I'm tired of watching this nonsense pass unopposed
I doubt if anyone visiting this blog needs me to elaborate on Cass Sunstein's paper on the strategy of Cognitive Infiltration. However, even before this strategy had a name, observation of the 9/11 Truth Movement in the US and the careers of characters such as Davids Icke and Shayler in the UK would have given some idea of how the State could seriously fuck-up the progress of researchers investigating a flawed State Narrative
Key tactics would include...
Establish eccentric, easily ridiculed individuals as being spokespeople for scepticism of the Official Narrative
Divert focus away from the flaws in the Official Narrative and towards supporting equally flawed Alternative Narratives
Pollute the environment with inaccurate information and generally waste sincere researchers' time
In past posts I have documented how two individuals in particular have served the interests of the State by cognitively disrupting research into the 7/7 atrocity
I haven't the faintest idea if either is a knowing participant but I do know that they have caused distress to victims' families, offered themselves up to be presented as buffoons on national television, attempted to interfere with trial proceedings without consulting the accused, tried to associate themselves with sincere researchers who aren't acting like buffoons, made apologies for Hitler, claimed to be Jesus, claimed to be the King of England, claimed to be the King of Israel, passed off speculation about 7/7 as fact, and taken actual facts about 7/7 and mutilated them
Here's a photo of the people I'm talking about, taken at the end of a court case one of them got involved in as a result of his knob-end attempt at jury-tampering. A case which just happened to coincide with the conclusion of the 7/7 inquest. He's the messiah dressed as an Israeli flag...
'The Last Baby-Sitter on Earth 2011' quarter finals reach their thrilling climax
(presumably Michele Renouf was otherwise engaged as she usually likes this sort of thing)
The truly impressive aspect of their behaviour is that these characters have pulled this off with barely a squeak of criticism from the alternative media. Quite the opposite. Their output has been endorsed and disseminated widely, as I will illustrate shortly
In contrast, the handful of people who have actually expressed criticism of this cognitive bullshit have been ignored or accused of being Zionist shills. Myself included.
What is the secret of this success in the alternative media?
The trick is to simply assert, without any doubt or reservation, that 'The Jews' did it, whatever 'it' may be
Job done
Once you've got that under your belt you can say or engage in absolutely any form of stupidity you fancy - making stuff up, hassling bereaved people, claiming to be God. It's all good.
The important thing is asserting Jewish culpability. Everything else is incidental and permissable
Call me old fashioned but I doubt very much that wickedness is restricted to 'The Jews' and I'll be fucked if I take to credulously endorsing any old unsubstantiated twaddle some lunatic comes out with, about 7/7 or anything else, without asking them to back it up first


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text: I made a monster suji. 320 mm (319 'cause i burned the very tip...) and 284 g w/o the handle. It works really well but definitely feels a little chunky toward the heel. I'm gonna put it on a diet and I'm wondering where I should think about stopping to refinish and test again. It's supposed to be a tall, substantial knife that can double as a sword in a pinch (j/k). So how massive is your most massive slicer?


text: Alon Marom, left, director of corporate and community giving at Kids in Crisis, receives a donation of $5,800 from Mark Curtis, chief executive of Splash Car Wash of Greenwich. Splash Car Wash is a long-time supporter of Kids in Crisis and its emergency residential shelter and community prevention programs in Fairfield County. Over the past 12 years, Splash has raised more than $50,000 in support of Kids in Crisis. Photo: Contributed Photo / Greenwich Time Contributed.


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SouthEast Asian nations are "on the cusp" of agreeing a statement of unity on the South China Sea dispute, Indonesia's top diplomat said today after meeting his Cambodian counterpart.
The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Marty Natalegawa has taken on the role of mediator after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to reach a common position on the row at a gathering in Phnom Penh last week.
"Despite suggestions to the contrary, in actual fact ASEAN remains united," Mr Natalegawa told reporters in the Cambodian capital, on the third leg of a regional peacemaking tour after visiting Hanoi and Manila yesterday.
Mr Natalegawa said he was identifying "basic ASEAN positions on the South China Sea", which would dispel the perception that the 10-member group is divided.
"We are now on the cusp of formalising this consensus," Mr Natalegawa said.
The Cambodian Foreign Minister, Mr Hor Namhong, whose country holds the rotating ASEAN chairmanship, told reporters he hoped to announce the bloc's joint position on Friday, pending "approval from all ASEAN foreign ministers".
China claims sovereignty over nearly all of the resource-rich sea, which is home to vital shipping lanes, but ASEAN members, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei, have overlapping claims in the area.
Divisions over members' territorial disputes with Beijing, prevented ASEAN from issuing its customary joint statement at the conclusion of its meeting last Friday. This was an unprecedented occurrence in the bloc's 45-year history.
Diplomats said a key sticking point was a refusal by host Cambodia, a close China ally, to mention specific incidents in the sea, pitting it directly against Manila, which wanted a reference to a months-long standoff with China over the Scarborough Shoal.
The rift has held up progress on a proposed "code of conduct" between ASEAN and China aimed at preventing flare-ups in the contested waters.
After holding talks with his counterparts in Vietnam and the Philippines yesterday, Mr Natalegawa urged ASEAN nations to push on with the pact.


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An affordable full-frame CSC
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Once in a while we are treated to a groundbreaking camera that astounds us. For 2013, it's Sony's Alpha A7 compact mirrorless full-frame camera.
Comfortable and intelligent design, and excellent photo quality and performance
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Nikon cleans up its full-frame act with the D600 upgrade
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Grains finished mixed as the outside markets tumbled. December corn finished ½ cent better at $6.40½. November beans were the weakest today, down 17 cents at $12.53, and December wheat finished 1½ cents higher at $6.24¼. Given that the Dow Jones futures were more than 225 points lower on the day and the US Dollar Index more than 500 points higher, I would say grains held their own to start the week.
Export inspections at 10:00 a.m. were not favorable for soybeans at all. Expectations were for 30 million bushels of beans when it actually came in at 10.599 million bushels. Corn was at 28.443 (32.5 expected) and wheat was 22.079 (18 expected).
The weekly crop progress report shows corn harvest pace at 47%, which is ahead of the five-year average pace of 41% at this time of year. Soybean harvest pace is at 69%, which is ahead of the five-year average pace of 61%. Wheat planting pace is at 73%, which is behind the five-year average pace of 77%.
Corn, wheat and beans have all come well off of oversold levels. December corn continues to find resistance at the 200-day moving average, which is currently at $6.47 (also the high for the day). Wheat and soybeans are both well below their major moving averages, but soybeans had more of a bullish supply story from the October Supply and Demand Estimates report. For re-ownership strategies, we like looking to soybean calls in January. For specific strikes/prices, please sign up to receive a free two-week trial of our research, including our hedge recommendations, by clicking on the sign-up link below. Have a great week!
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